Airline shares slide at open

LauraMandaro

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks ticked lower at the start to what looked to be a quiet trading day Friday. The Amex Airlines index
fell 0.4%, with seven of 11 stocks slipping. Shares in some of the network carriers, including AMR Corp.
amr
UAL Corp.
AMR, -7.29%
and Delta Air Lines
UAL, +2.02%
were some of the hardest hit, falling at least 1%. AMR is the parent of American Airlines, while UAL owns United Airlines. Northwest Airlines
DAL, +1.07%
shares, however, rose 1%. Crude oil futures perked up and were last trading 56 cents higher at $70.39.

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